clock2alarm(9)

✨ NAME — clock2alarm(9) ✨

okay so this is clock2alarm(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and she is a helper that converts from clockid to alarmtypes. That’s the whole gig, bestie — short, iconic, done. 💅

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

the signature is literally this, no cap:

enum alarmtimer_type clock2alarm (clockid_t clockid );

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• clockid — clockid. That’s the entire description, fr fr — it’s a clockid, and we respect the brevity. 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the extended universe is huge, so here’s the whole friend group — every single one, periodt:

• Kernel file ./kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
• struct alarm_base(9)
• alarmtimer_get_rtcdev(9)
• alarmtimer_enqueue(9)
• alarmtimer_dequeue(9)
• alarmtimer_fired(9)
• alarmtimer_suspend(9)
• alarm_init(9)
• alarm_start_timer(9)
• alarm_try_to_cancel(9)
• alarm_cancel(9)
• alarm_handle_timer(9)
• alarm_timer_rearm(9)
• alarm_timer_forward(9)
• alarm_timer_remaining(9)
• alarm_timer_try_to_cancel(9)
• alarm_timer_wait_running(9)
• alarm_timer_arm(9)
• alarm_clock_getres(9)
• alarm_clock_get_timespec(9)
• alarm_clock_get_ktime(9)
• alarm_timer_create(9)
• alarmtimer_nsleep_wakeup(9)
• alarmtimer_do_nsleep(9)
• alarm_timer_nsleep_restart(9)
• alarm_timer_nsleep(9)
• alarmtimer_init(9)

💖 cute sign-off: source/version is ./kernel/time, dated October 2026, and this page is clock2alarm(9) — that’s the footer vibe, bestie, and it slays. 🫶